After Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković led the way on the first two maps, Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså took over the game in a rematch against Astralis.

OG have secured the highest seed in Group B of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups after an uncontested run through the best-of-one phase of the tournament, beating Astralis twice and MIBR once on the way to first place.

The European squad, who are playing their debut tournament following the swap of Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and nexa between G2 and OG, are now one series victory away from locking in a spot at the Spring Final. They have two chances to do so, the first of which will come in round 3 of gauntlet stage on Saturday, February 5.

The newest addition to the team, nexa, was key in their first two victories on Ancient, while in the last it was valde who stepped up to the plate on Inferno. The duo are currently the highest-rated players of the event at 1.52 and 1.39, respectively, with Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen and Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan featuring in the top five with a 1.24 rating each.

OG have left Astralis behind in second place, with the Danes moving on to the second round of the knockout gauntlet, followed by MIBR in third place and Natus Vincere finishing in last place of the group following a disastrous first day in the new season, which saw them concede a map each to the Brazilians as well as to Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander & co.

1. OG - Move on to gauntlet round 3
2. Astralis - Gauntlet round 2
3. MIBR - Gauntlet round 1
4. Natus Vincere - Gauntlet round 1

Group C is set to follow, featuring four debuting teams. In the first match, Vitality will be making their first appearance with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen, Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, and Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen against the new Evil Geniuses roster boasting new additions in Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip, Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta, and William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba.

After that, FaZe will take on Liquid in another bout between two new teams, with the former having bolstered their lineup with Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool and the latter having undergone a big overhaul, seeing the return of Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella to the North American side along with the additions of Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm and Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon.

Group C

Sunday, January 30
15:00 Vitality vs. Evil Geniuses
16:00 FaZe vs. Liquid